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The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Bahama Hummingbird Nesophlox evelynae	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	breeding	2006	50-249 breeding pairs	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	2006	5 breeding pairs	B4i
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2015	Great Lake	Protected Area	93

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Forest	Mangrove	-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern Great Lake (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-great-lake-iba-bahamas on 23/11/2024.